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  A new study published at Forest Trends shows that half of the world’s deforestation is driven by illegal conversion for commercial agriculture. This comprehensive analysis presents the first-ever assessment of the extent of illegal deforestation and forest conversion for commercial, export-driven agriculture. The report’s findings suggest that around half of this illegal deforestation was driven by […]

  The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) can play a key role in mapping out a research agenda “to develop a more sustainable Indonesia,” said Armida Alisjahbana, Indonesian State Minister for National Development Planning (BAPPENAS). In a speech she delivered at CIFOR’s annual meeting in Bogor, the minister explicitly referred  to landscapes as part […]

The original article was posted at CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, an implementing partner of the Global Landscapes Forum The world is missing a chance to eradicate hunger and poverty for billions of people living in regions with variable and scarce rainfall. Without improved management of rainwater, the future development goals currently […]

US President Barack Obama’s top science advisor will explore fresh ways to tackle energy challenges during a rigorous scientific debate, to be held at Columbia University in New York the day after the UN Climate Summit. John Holdren, a former Harvard professor and an expert on environment and technology policy, will be one of six international […]

  Vietnam is increasing its forest area by one percent every year. In Finland, one of the leading countries of sustainable forest management, destruction of forests is expressly prohibited by law. More than 90 percent of the sellers of forest produce are women. Russia’s far east is the ground of one tenth of the world’s […]

Originally published at CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems The CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) invites Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from partners to carry out research for development projects that will contribute to its demand driven research agenda in the Ganges River Basin. Visit the EOI call page WLE Ganges […]

    Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will deliver a keynote address at the inaugural CGIAR Development Dialogues in New York on September 25. He has led the IPCC since 2002 and is associated with multiple academic and research institutes. As one of the world’s leading climate scientists, he has also spoken out about the […]

By Abby Waldorf, Communications and Engagement Officer at the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems. You’re sitting in a conference session with your hand raised high, waiting to make a comment on the new policy proposed. Time is running short, so you know you will have to make your point quickly. How can you […]